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Author Archives: Thebookreviewindia

A Mountain-Division in Battle

Volume III No. 6 - MAY/JUNE 1979By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

Much opportunistic literature has been churned out on the emergence of Bangla Desh. Disappointingly, published material of relevance to a combatman or a keen student of military history has been restricted to some broad brushwork by people who were not quite near the scene of action, and written with the pur­pose of presenting a general over-view.

The Big Picture

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

The author is a strategic consultant to companies doing international business. He was in the US Foreign Service for some years and has worked in US missions in India and Sri Lanka.

The Debate Continues

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

This is the 50th year of the war that China imposed on India in 1962. Was the war itself and the resulting consequences—the effects of which are still with us, not least, in the form of a ‘trust deficit’ in our relations with China—because of Mao’s ‘martial efficacy’ beliefs in contrast to Nehru’s ‘moral efficacy’ beliefs?

Moving Beyond the Blues

Volume XXXVI No. 8 - AUGUST 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

A debut novel, Ayesha Salman’s Blue Dust deserves praise for more than one reason. However, what struck me is its portrayal of complex psychological characters in an equally intricately knit narrative. Salman has written a story which is passionate, painful, psychological and surreal. I must confess it left me emotionally drained but perhaps intellectually enriched.

The Retreat from Sela

Volume III No. 6 - MAY/JUNE 1979By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

Not Just A Remembrance of Things Past

Volume XXXVI No. 8 - AUGUST 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

Orientalism is thriving in 2012, albeit in a more subtle and refined form. The proverbial ‘white man’s burden’ is no more about a civilizing mission, but instead to fulfill a ‘responsibility to protect’, from the terror of the irrational other.

Bonding in Translation

Volume XXXVI No. 8 - AUGUST 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

In the foreword to his novel A Life Incomplete the legendary Punjabi author Nanak Singh narrates the story of the very conception of his novel and interestingly, he calls the foreword ‘More Fact than Foreword’. To me this story is actually a masterstroke of the story teller’s fictional strategy:

Towards an Alernative Aesthetics

Volume XXXVI No. 8 - AUGUST 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

While documenting the creative and critical expressions of Malayali dalits from the beginnings of the 20th century to recent times, the volume under review remains sceptical of upper caste consciousness and historiography.

World of Tamil Word

Volume XXXVI No. 8 - AUGUST 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

The birth of the Tamil Book, if it indeed can be narrated, it is here and comprehensively done at that, by Venkata-chalapathy. Backed by meticulous research, at times with finer details verging on the fastidious, the writer has done a yeoman service to the world of the Tamil word.

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Volume XXXVI No. 8 - AUGUST 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

The Moslems are Coming: Encounters with a Desktop Terrorist published by Harper Collins India in 2012 is a revised and updated adaptation of Azad Essa’s first book—Zuma’s Bastard published two years ago in 2010.

When All Desire Dissolves

Volume XXXVI No. 8 - AUGUST 2012By ThebookreviewindiaAugust 31, 2017Leave a comment

Writing Memoirs is not an easy undertaking, especially for one who is well past 80 when human faculties become frail, the will falters and memory fades. Layers over layers of experience stored in the consciousness get dusty and vague, emotions overtake rationality and a realistic reading of one’s own past becomes difficult.

A Diplomat Recounts

Volume XXXVI No. 8 - AUGUST 2012By ThebookreviewindiaAugust 31, 2017Leave a comment

The year 2012 marks the 25th year of the induction of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka. The book under review is, therefore, timely. It is simplistic to say that My Days in Sri Lanka is a narration of events of Lakhan Mehrotra’s 14 month tenure as India’s High Commissioner in Sri Lanka.

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